Analysis of Limerick: There was an Old Man who, when little
Edward Lear 1812 (Holloway) – 1888 (Sanremo)
There was an Old Man who, when little,
Fell casually into a Kettle;
But, growing too stout,
He could never get out,
So he passed all his life in that Kettle.
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Limerick |
| Metre | 111111110 1100001010 11011 111011 1111110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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